Why the world needs Superman

Lois wrote an article about why the world doesn’t need Superman and won the Pulitzer Prize.

Now, I'm attempting to write the article "Why the world needs Superman" and maybe I'll win the Pulitzer too.... BIG LAUGHS.

Anyway, I like the show. Was a tad slow in the beginning but definitely picked up pace later, although my brother (sitting next to me) keep complaining about the superman's fringe. Superman's son is very cute too!

From the show.....

Clarke (after he brought her up in the sky): "What do you hear?"

Lois:"Nothing."

Clarke: "I hear everything. You wrote that the world doesn't need a saviour, but every day I hear people crying for one."



I have a thing for guys with cleft chin. I want to bring him HOME.

I realised it's not youtube that's slow.. it's my broadband at home... hurhur.
So uploaded this clip from work.

taken in dec last yr, when we were at the kelong. If you see hard enough, you'd see little human bodies jumping up and down near where the fireworks shoot up from. Heeee.

wedding bells ringing...

Nope, not us. =))

Mr goh's sis and jon's. Congratulations!!

I haven't attended weddings since my sister's, which is like 13/14 yrs ago. The most recent one would be mr goh's friend-edmund's, but his is more like a wedding tea party/solemnisation at Sentosa.

Anyway, their Panpac wedding banquet was a simple affair.


The parents were actually the busy ones who were trying to entertain the guests during the cocktail reception. Mr goh's family alone - "the goh clan"- occupied at least half the tables. 14 tables!! That's like at least 140 guests can!! and jon's side were made of up his relatives and both his and yiping's friends. And funny cos on jon's name list were people without names, only identified by the area they lived in. E.g Ang mo kio x4. Bedok x6 etc and he said he doesn't know most of the guests/his relatives very well. which i find quite weird, and thought it's more like the parents' wedding than theirs. I'd love to invite all my close relatives and friends only, cos i know they'll truly be the ones who will be able to share my joy 100% and whom i really want to share my joy with. Then again, thinking back of the 14 tables, maybe not then... it's more of a chinese tradition to hold a wedding banquet and invite ALL relatives and friends. To share the joy? To make an announcement? I don't know...

I'd want wedding tea party too. think that'd be fun. with dancing involved. lighten the mood, get everybody on their feet and laugh and be happy.

And it's right when people say the bride will look her best that day. It's not just appearance wise, but more like the inner glow and happiness emanating from within. Something which can't stop you from smiling, it's just that wonderful feeling which makes you look wonderful tonight. *grins*

finally had the chance to wear the sweetees dress!


will find a chance to wear it when hanging out with you girls too. ;)

while mr goh looks stiff with his coat on. Hur hur. (he says that's cos his jacket pockets got a lot of ang baos... so very heavy!!)


after banquet, headed to Ritz Carlton's chihuly lounge for some drinks. the place has really changed since the last time i've been there. the band has changed, people working there have changed, the look of the menu has changed.. but the drinks haven't change!! which is a good thing cos i love their cocktails!

this is Coco Jambo. Irish cream, kahlua and cocoa. =)Mr goh had ice passionfruit tea and he asked me why the ice is brown... the ice is made of tea, so that when it melts, it doesn't dilute the flavour of the tea! so thoughtful right? the same goes for their ice coffee.






and then there's the band.... 3 guys, 100% singaporean. one guy (mervin, the one looking into the camera, pianist) came over and chatted with us. and then later.. this happened.



Somewhere over the rainbow...Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream...Really do come true...

patiently waiting for that moment too. :)

The END of CommunicAsia

the end of my first nightmare-CommunicAsia.

I can't believe my week passed so fast though. Walking around the different booths, trying to speak to exhibitors all over the world. Eva joined us today, so me and mae were more relaxed (we were kinda losing 'steam' to approach people and speak to them). We decided to take some time off and look AT the booths and the stuff they have exhibited. :)

First stop, this Korean neo-print machine. Apparently, the owner wants to find distributors here in Singapore. I tried to explain that there are already a lot of neo-print machines from Japan, Taiwan here already, so would he find the market here 1) small, 2) saturated already? took quite a while for him to understand what i was trying to say.... which he finally replied saying the technology used in the korean machines are different from the neo-print machines in the market now. How true that is... I have no idea... the last time i took a neo-print, I was 19.

Anyway, there appears to be more functions here. Usual features include background (famous places, with popular artistes, colourful frames etc), text functions, cutesy stuff which teenagers will definitely like, changing the colour (black/white, sepia, adjust the lighting).

What's new to me was how we could change the backdrop even after we've taken the picture (usually, what u choose at the beginning is what you get); resize ourselves and move ourselves around the background. During printing, there are games available which will keep u occupied while your pictures are developing. the quality of the pictures are really not bad!!

here's something we took:

we made ourselves smaller so it'd look more convincing that we're at the location. Btw, anyone knows where this place is??
then, running out of poses, we decided to do THIS....

Hurhurhur. we were floating on air.

and then, it was handphones galore!

SAMSUNG

World's slimest camera phone---the Samsung Ultra.
So thin, it feels like a biscuit/cracker.

This one i'm holding is another model. There were too many people around the slimest phone.

Artful expressions series!

i love this series of sliding phones.
it's a touch-dial phone (similar to the LG chocolate phone later), meaning there's no buttons to press to dial. you touch the screen (see the phone icons) and it'll dial. the only buttons are the number pad. and as u enter the numbers, a 'feather-pen' thingy will appear and write the numbers out!! very pretty!! definitely a ladies phone.

I also walked by the Mricrosoft booth and saw this samsung blackberry-like pda.

and 3 shelves of dopod and pdas.

and lotsa Xbox....


and there's motorola....which didn't allow me to take pics unless i am a reporter. =_= but i still took 2 pictures. hee.


and now... the LG Chocolate!



and the chocolate print ad... (with motorola show girl in yellow in foreground)

lotsa other LG phones....

and this one i like....PINK!


remember the blue-tooth ring thingy i mentioned in the previous post?
TaDAaaa!

Here's the Jap guy explaining how it works. Notice the black hand thingy beside him.
the white bubble-like ring is the device, but just a prototype. I suggested that they make it smaller and prettier, then it'll be a ladies' favourite.

here's a passerby trying it.


You've gotta insert it into ur ear in order to feel the vibrations to ur ear drum, which will then be converted to sound waves!!
I'm really fascinated by it, but Mr Goh thinks that at the end of the day, your finger will be really dirty OR u'll get ear infection from sticking ur finger into ur ear too often AND the purpose of bluetooth is really to make it HANDSFREE-can't multitask with ur index finger in ur ear, right? --which kinda makes sense.
Still, i'm fascinated by it--the science of it, the wonders of technology.

And here's a handphone that's waterproof. No more corroded mobile phones and sim cards!!


i've got some videos of new jap technology which i took, but Youtube is taking FOREVER to upload it. any other good video hosting websites I can use?? Pls helppppp.

It only takes a spark...

It only takes a spark...to get the fire going... and soon all those around... can warm up in its glowing...

such a hectic week, tmr being the last day of CommunicAsia. After the drama on Tuesday, wednesday and thurs is much more peaceful. and i definitely feel more encouraged when my boss said I did a really GOOD JOB, really needed such a pat on the back. A pay raise would be like a two thumbs and toe thumbs up. hur.

and THANKS girls for your smses. :)

i'm feeling better now.. after some retail theraphy. GRIN. Mango sale has officially started today! Yesterday was opened only to mng card members. so me and mae went during lunch today. heehee.

madness. Boyfriends really shouldn't be allowed into MNG during sale period. (1) It is already so freaking crowded (2) you can't see your gf wearing the stuff and give your valuable comments (3) if you want to pay for your gf's items, wait only at the cashier. The lady can definitely handle rummaging through the messy stack of clothing if she tries hard enough and wants it bad enough. period.

anyways, CommunicAsia is really a very exciting telecommunications show!! so many new gadgets! phones! cameras! bluetooth stuff! I'm gonna take lotsa photos tmr, hopefully... if i can find the time.

but today we tried something really exciting. it's a bluetooth ring. so basically, you wear the ring-like thing and you'd be able to dial and have phone conversations without takign out your mobile handset. It works by vibration... converting vibration into sound waves which will be recognised by your ear drum. FASCINATING stuff. but mostly prototypes. the future is really full of unlimited potential for technology to develop... and i'm looking forward to it.

MADNESS

I broke down at work today, nope, not in the office but outside, in front of everybody, beside my colleague at CommunicAsia. Thinking back, I shouldn't have cried, since it is really not my fault and there are all kinds of weird and rude people in the world. and like mae said, i really shouldn't take it personally.

But i was really hurt by this guy's words.

It made me felt I didn't do a good job, made me felt like a failure and just made me feel so BAD. I tried to explain the situation politely, my boss had spoken to him before, our client has spoken to him before and I thought we reached an agreement (which obviously was not mutual). I didn't want to cry, I thought i could handle the situation, I thought I could be professional about it. But obviously, i;m not made of that stuff yet.

And i'm angry too. This guy stabbed me really hard and then turned around and said he understands I'm also just following instructions. WTH. I don't even know you, so don't try to show you care.

I just knew today was going to be a bad day. you should always trust a woman's instincts.

tmr won't be any better, but I can only hope for the best.

Happy Birthday Mr Goh!

Happy Birthday, my love=) at crystal jade,with healthy food for the sick boy.

GRRrrrrRRrrr........

I am feeling Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Is EQ and PR skills that difficult to acquire?

yes, they call the shots, so they can have it their way. but i'm sure there are better ways to arrange things so everyone will be happy?

and yes, i do agree that you can't please everybody. but at least please some of them?

so logically thinking, if i'm not one of those they want to make happy, then i'm probably not important.

and if i'm not important, then why include me in the first place?

so why include me in the first place when i'm not important? so will it matter if i make my presence felt or not? maybe i'm just there to make up the numbers, it's probably more of an obligation. a must do, instead of want to do.

which i truly hope it is not.

which i hope there realllllllllly is something irreconcilable such that the present arrangement is realllllllllly surellllllllly the ABSOLUTE necessary.

i want to be there with a truly happy heart, not one which carries blessings and yet bogged down by immense upset-ness.

but ultimately, I know i'd only be happy when that one decision is made.

Yes, i can be really difficult.

Cage me. Roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Reunion of a different kind

It's been a ________ night. I can't describe it, can't find a suitable word to describe how exactly i felt tonight. too many feelings, too many thoughts running through my head. when i first heard the news, i was shocked, then images of lena start to appear in my head.. I remember her in her gymnast leotard, i remember her in her yellow house tee running the track, i remember how uncanny she and her sis look like... how she has that sunshine smile and the ever so pleasant disposition. Although we never really know each other, we do see each other around in school. It's probably the st nicks connection.

st nicks girls of different batches attended, teachers, friends. Her family was very strong, i felt ann was very strong too. i'm sure they are very proud of her, as we all are. she's really a remarkable girl, which makes this even more tragic. I cannot imagine how i'd cope with the loss of a loved one, i don't think i'm that strong. but leen said when the time comes, you'd just have to take up the role, go through all the necessary mechanics and be a strong pillar of support for everyone else around you.

then, we started to think morbid thoughts: how will our own ceremony be like when the time comes? the type of flowers we'd want, the bears to put beside us and the photo.... must be one which shows us having the best time of our lives, beaming with the most megawatt smile. will there be so many people who will care to attend?

what will i be remembered as?

I don't think i've done much in my life so far to mention anything spectacular. should i be achieving more?

who are the five people i'll meet in heaven?

it's ironic how funerals bring together a reunion, how friends, school mates you've not seen for years come together. although the feelings might have changed, the tie is still there, we all share the same memories at one point in time.

Tonight stirred some buried memories in me. I remember how I was there when marc's mum passed away. i remember the heartaches and the tears. i remember that she was a kind lady and i'd never forget that night. I had barely known her for a week or so but i could feel the pain, so sharp, piercing through my heart as i stood beside marc during the cremation. her family wept the hardest I've ever seen. life is cruel like that.

I think i learn very slowly, sometimes not learning at all, that i'd have to treasure all my loved ones before they are gone. But humans are a strange bunch, not everyone can openly express how they feel so deep inside, baring oneself right through the skin.

but i must learn, and tolerate and treasure, before it's all too late.

under the weather

it just wouldn't stop raining these past few days... and mr goh fell ill. : l still, he 'gei kiang' and went to play at his company's soccer event and went home with high fever and cold. Even he himself said, "Kiang jui hor, mai gei kiang."

so this weekend was spent nursing him at home, watching the world cup, and taiwan variety shows. finally understood what's the meaning of offside and witnessed how cisse broke his leg. twice, both left and right. painful shit. and it wasn't even the world cup, was just a friendly match with the CHinese. damn scary, his leg was like jelly after the tiong kicked him from behind. All in the name of fair game?

Goh didn't want to lunch outside, so we cooked maggi mee. :) with veggies and the spicy pork cube thingy.

looks not good, but tastes not bad. we wanted to name it, but couldnt think of anything.


yawn, busy week ahead. can't bear to even think about it. wish I could take MC too... I haven't taken a single MC since the beginning of this year! this is not healthy!! I wonder if i can convert my MCs to leave. Hurhur. dad called this morning and asked us to go visit him end of this year.... but i've got exhibitions to cover in dec... : l what great timing... anyway, mr. goh pls get well before your birthday! Don't want sulky bf!

blessing in disguise

I saw my brother limping as he walked to the door last night and i knew instantly what happened. what with the rainy weather and the slippery roads, it is not the least expected BUT definitely is something which we all hope will never happen again. Thank goodness nothing was broken, just cuts and abrasions.

I watched him squirm in pain as he dripped the ever potent dettol and Herbal Oil aka Qing Cao You onto the wounds. I couldn't help but laughed. Yeah, i know it's really mean, but hey, it's really hilarious. A macho man squirming in pain. He laughed too. :)

Mr goh said it's actually a blessing in disguise, to have your first road accident and escaped with minor scratches. I couldn't agree more. At least now i'm certain my bro will be more careful on the roads, will know how it worries my mum whenever he puts on that helmet and vroom-vrooms on his Phantom.

heard some bad news recently though, a school friend met with an accident and wasn't that fortunate. i can just imagine how devastating it is to her family.

Is everything fated to be?

Fun-Filled Fridayyyyy....

a lot of stuff happened during work today...

had to get to office early cos boss will be having a conference call in the morning and i'm not sure if he knows how to operate the 3-way phone conferencing function on the phone... but turned out that the other associate is dialling from home, so that's not a problem...

and I really wanted to do work today. 100% concentration, so i can finish up the report asap. which is a good thing, cos halfway while I was working, boss came round and asked to use my comp to skype, cos he's lost his skype sign in and password, will have to use my account to dial in to other shareholders. phew, heng don't have any non-work related windows opened on my comp. HeeeH.

have got a 2pm meeting in the afternoon with boss and client at harbour front centre. so i head out for lunch with mae first while boss was still having conference call. and he mentioned he'll be going home after the call... and i was hoping he wouldn't want me to tag along for the interview later....but..... he called and asked me to cab there myself. So.... quick lunch, back to office, brushed my teeth, grabbed the laptop and hopped on a cab.

that's when the day starts to get more exciting....
i asked the driver to take me to harbourfront centre, and i'm running late. then i ran for the lift before the door closed. there were a few people in the lift, and when i looked, it doesn't go to the level the office is!! so, i just pressed the lowest level it goes to (level 10) and was frantically pressing BUT the freaking level button didn't light up!! so i keep pressing and presing and pressing... still never light up... okay never mind.. i go back down to the 1st level.... then i looked for the lift lobby which goes to level 9...and started pressing 9 9 9 9 9...then this guy came into the lift, swiped a card near a sensor thing and pressed a level number... i almost fainted. cos the other people in the first lift must be laughing at me like siao!! but none of them offered to tell me what i should do!! ARGH. but this guy is also only half-kind. he told me i have to get a card from the security before i can access the levels, while i was hoping he would help me get to my level. BAH.

so i went down to the security. and... TADAH! i found that i was at the wrong building. the cab driver brought me to harbourfront TOWER, when i asked for harbourfront CENTRE. great, time check, 15 min late. boss called to ask where i am. : l heng the tower is just next to the centre. and heng, when i got there, the interviewee was out of the conference room to get some materials. BUT then, my laptop didn't start properly and i was fiddling with it when my boss and client were conversing. i would have dug a hole in the ground and sticked my head inside.

so great, interview went off pretty well, boss had to head off to another meeting, so i cab back to office on my own. and surprise surprise! mae told me allen thought she didn't understand chinese and was making personal phone calls in the office and speaking quite loudly... but he suddenly hush hushed when i returned. sigh. i'm not sure if u're tired of hearing stuff about dear mr AT, but i'm quite tired of his antics. and since he knew boss was not going to come back for the rest of the day, we were secretly hoping he would fall asleep, cos we've got our cameras ready. ha ha.

then time went by and i can still hear dear mr AT clicking his mouse away, oh well, better to concentrate on my work....until i wanted to pee... and i saw him sleeping!! hand was on the mouse no doubt...but only for show!! so, we decided to be more daring and took closer up pics of AT. hurhur... my heart was beating so fast it almost leaped out of my mouth!!

hurhurhurhurhur... it takes forever to upload the video on youtube.... but if u've seen the clip, my hand was trembling. i was so scared he would wake up! haha, but mae said he should be more worried if he wakes up. ha ha

then to the dior addict party with mae. the new fragrance is really quite nice! one of those scent which doesn't leave me sneezing and sneezing. and the model for the make up tips session was very tall la!!


then there was the midnight shopping at wisma.. and i decided to be 'auntie' and shop til a min of 150 so i can get lucky draw chances and maybe win a subaru! also get a 20 wisma voucher for spending min. 120. heeh heeh. but i am so stupid. i paid 12 bucks in cash, so i couldn't qualify for the min. 150 lucky dip!! oh well... too tired le.. but i must say...good service will always guarantee good shopping experience!!